WO1998049634A1 - Server-based kiosk controller - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to computer networks, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for retrieving information from a site on a network and providing that information to one or more computers .
- a user To initiate communication on a network, a user, known as a “client” contacts another computer on the network, known as the “server” or “host,” by using various publicly available software programs.
- a network protocol is usually used which allows a security system or “firewall” to keep internal data from leaving the intranet.
- these programs use various protocols to organize information in a manner which allows the user to locate and access files of interest to the user. For instance, some files are organized by a hierarchical menu system known as the "gopher.”
- a user can search the Internet by linking from an Internet site of interest or by entering the uniform resource locator ("URL") of the file on the gopher server which the user wants to review.
- URL uniform resource locator
- the Web links information by associating items of interest to each other with a common TCP/IP known as the hyper text transfer protocol ("HTTP") .
- HTTP hyper text transfer protocol
- a Web user searches the Web by starting at the user's "home page,” which is created and operated with hypertext markup language (“HTML”) . From the home page, the Web user searches out and retrieves information by using "web browser” software. Web browsers allow a Web user to transfer images and texts from files of interest to the user's computer.
- Web browsers operate by allowing a Web user to identify a "Web link" of interest on a Web page and then execute the Web link to transfer the computer data associated with the Web link from the host computer containing that data to the Web user's computer.
- Web links perform this transfer of computer data by communicating the URL of the desired file to the host.
- Businesses have responded to the available market of Internet users by creating a large number of Web pages which users can review. These Web pages carry a vast amount of information about businesses and the services and goods offered by businesses. Internet users can contact business through the Web pages to gain additional information about the business and, in some cases, can actually order goods and services through the Internet. Thus, the Internet has served as a beneficial means for informing the public about available goods and services and allowing businesses to advertise regarding the goods and services offered by them.
- Point Cast software program allows a computer user to specify a variety of information categories and sources and then directs the user's computer to display advertisements and/or snippets of the specified information categories and sources using PointCast's proprietary data formats, in an order controlled and biased by the PointCast software program.
- the user can click on the advertisement or snippet while it is displayed and the program will connect the user to related content on a Web site via a separate browser program.
- the PointCast user can only view partial - screen advertisements and snippets rather than full- screen Web content.
- PointCast does not give an advertiser a full screen, but only a portion of a screen. Further, a user must download and install the PointCast software program on his system after which the PointCast software determines the format and order of information displayed. This arrangement makes the PointCast software program impractical for use as a commercial advertising tool controlled by an advertiser.
- the present invention provides an apparatus and method for sending data from network sites to a computer by sending the data through an intermediate server.
- the present invention allows an intermediate server to receive content data from a content server or sequence of content data from a plurality of content servers, and then send the content data through the network to a kiosk computer or a plurality of kiosk computers.
- a control program loaded on the intermediate server may operationally direct the intermediate server to retrieve content data from a plurality of content servers according to a run list that stores the location code or domain name of each content server.
- the control program may include instructions that direct the intermediate server to modify the content data to point back to the intermediate server, allowing the intermediate server to monitor the use of the kiosk computer.
- the present invention provides an important technical advantage by allowing a receiver or kiosk computer to passively receive content data from a sequence of content servers without directly contacting the content servers.
- the kiosk computer can receive content data without requiring any special software or hardware other than that required to access the network, such as a Web browser for accessing the Web.
- the intermediate server can provide the content data to a plurality of kiosk computers even though the intermediate server only contacts the content server once, thereby allowing the content user to increase the access to the content data without increasing the capabilities of the content server.
- advertisers can maintain direct control over their advertisements by simply updating the network or Web site which the intermediate server contacts.
- an advertiser can provide full-screen flexible advertising which can fully inform the public about the advertiser's products by leading to additional Web sites .
- FIGURE 1 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention interfaced with the Internet
- FIGURE 2 shows one embodiment of the present invention used on the Internet and also on an intranet.
- the present invention uses an intermediate server as an agent between a content server or sequence of content servers and a kiosk computer or plurality of kiosk computers .
- a control program loaded on the intermediate server directs it to retrieve content data from one or more content servers through an interface such as a network.
- a network is any means of transmitting data between computers and generally entails the use of a common protocol .
- the control program directs the intermediate server to reference a run list of location codes, such as URL's, to determine which content data to retrieve and then facilitates the transmission of the content data to one or more kiosk computers where the content is rendered and presented on a computer screen for a predetermined period of time.
- the kiosk computer becomes a tool by which businesses can promote the use of their Web pages.
- the preferred embodiment of the present invention is depicted as being interfaced with the Internet (40) by using the protocol of the World Wide Web.
- the term "Internet” as used herein refers to any network to which the public has access.
- a computer user can interface with the Internet through any telephone line or equivalent means of communication if the user's computer can implement TCP ⁇ IP or any other network compatible protocol.
- An intermediate server 50 is interfaced with the Internet 40.
- computers that are interfaced with network as a server have a processor to operate the interface to the network and at least one local storage device.
- the interface itself is typically accomplished through a modem, although other means are available, such as ISDN or the high speed trunk lines which form part of the Internet .
- the intermediate server has a processor with at least the capability of an Intel 386 processor, which is the minimum capability generally required to efficiently run the Web's HTTP protocol.
- the intermediate server interfaces with the network through a modem, although any interface having the ability to receive input from at least two clients will suffice.
- the memory of this embodiment includes local RAM memory adequate to operate the HTTP protocol and a local storage device 60 such as a disk storage device having enough memory to store at least one Web page, although an equal amount of RAM memory will also work.
- a run list local storage device 65 is interfaced with 'intermediate server 50 and with advertiser input 30 and administrator input 35. This interface can occur through a direct connection as depicted or through an interface, such as a Web browser, of an administrator or advertiser with intermediate server 50 through the Internet 40.
- any single storage device of adequate size may be manipulated to perform the functions of local storage device 60 and run list storage device 65.
- a content server 80 interfaces with intermediate server 50 through the Internet 40.
- Content server 80 provides content data such as screen data which allows a computer to display information on a computer monitor screen.
- the content data can be an HTML Web page that a content data identification code location such as a URL stores .
- Any server which intermediate server 50 accesses by a network may act as a content server for the present invention.
- content server 80 includes at least one interface, the ability to use a protocol common to intermediate server 50, and some data of interest stored in an accessible memory storage device at an identifiable location, such as a Web page stored in HTML at a URL.
- Kiosk computer 90 interfaces with Internet 40, thereby giving it access to intermediate server 50.
- Kiosk computer 90 includes at least one network interface such as a modem and the ability to use a protocol common to the protocol that intermediate server 50 uses, such as HTTP.
- Kiosk computer 90 may not include advanced capabilities but, in the preferred embodiment, only requires the ability to receive content data and render the content data in a usable format on kiosk monitor screen 95.
- kiosk computer 90 may be an inexpensive, simple Web TV, a primitive processor, or a complex device.
- kiosk computer 90 interfaces with input devices such as a keyboard, mouse or credit card swipe which allows a user of kiosk computer 90 to interact through the Internet 40 with intermediate server 50, with content server 80, or with other servers accessible on the Internet 40.
- an individual user or intranet can access intermediate server 50 to receive and render content data in a screen saver mode.
- Advertiser input 30 and administrator input 35 interface with run list storage device 65 either through a direct input or with a Web browser through Internet 40 and intermediate server 50.
- Advertiser input 30 allows advertisers to identify a set of URL's representing content server data which the advertisers would like displayed on certain kiosk computers or a certain kiosk group, including the pause time for each display on each kiosk computer or group.
- Administrator input 35 allows an administrator of the system to manage logical kiosk groups and URL run lists, and to track system usage for billing purposes and kiosk usage.
- FIGURE 1 depicts steps 1-10 to illustrate the operation of the preferred embodiment of intermediate server 50 as an apparatus for sharing content data between content server 80 and kiosk computer 90.
- an advertiser submits identification information such as URLs for the content data which the advertiser would like to have sent to kiosk computer 90.
- the advertiser can submit this list through an interface with the Internet or by any means which allows the administrator of the system to input the identification codes into the run list storage device 65.
- the administrator identifies kiosks such as kiosk 90 and provides a run list of content data for each kiosk to receive, such as a list of URLs for a given set of content data.
- the administrator further provides a pause time for each set of content data to be displayed on each kiosk computer.
- kiosk computer 90 accesses intermediate server 50 with a standard Web browser and provides kiosk identification information. Kiosk computer 90 may access intermediate server 50 by a kiosk user setting up the kiosk or may have the location name of intermediate server 50 programmed in a boot-up routine which directs kiosk computer 90 to automatically access intermediate server 50.
- an associative control program directs the intermediate server 50 to correlate the kiosk identification information to a kiosk group and retrieves the run list of desired content data for the kiosk computer associated with the kiosk identification information.
- the control program directs intermediate server 50 to retrieve the content data associated with the first content data identification code in the run list.
- intermediate server 50 uses a Web browser to retrieve an HTML Web page from a URL on content server 80 through the interface with the Internet 40.
- other ways of identifying and receiving content data of interest may be used.
- the control program directs intermediate server 50 to modify the content data and store the content data on local storage device 60.
- the content data comprises a Web page having Web links and associated graphics .
- Intermediate server 50 may modify the content data by replacing the Web links with modified Web links.
- the modified Web links comprise the original Web links appended to the location code of intermediate server 50. In this way, if a user of a kiosk computer receives and activates a modified Web link, the modified Web link will direct the user's computer to contact intermediate server 50, which will then use the appended Web link to retrieve the associated content data.
- the intermediate server can present unmodified Web links for the kiosk user to activate.
- a re-direct program loaded on intermediate server 50 directs it to create and send a modified content data identification code to kiosk computer 90.
- the modified content data identification code comprises the original code appended to the location code of intermediate server 50.
- a Web browser on kiosk computer 90 receives the re-direct code and accordingly requests the HTML data stored at step 7.
- the re-direct program can use other means of identifying appropriate content data and sending that content data to kiosk computer 90.
- kiosk computer 90 can request HTML data using a typical Web browser and without any system- specific software.
- intermediate server 50 provides kiosk computer 90 with the modified content data and with standard HTTP client puJLl instructions to direct kiosk computer 90 to the sequential URL or other identification from the run list .
- the client pull instructions include a pause time to define the period of time which kiosk computer 90 will display content data on kiosk monitor screen 95, and also includes the sequential content data identification code such as the next URL in the run list.
- the Web browser of kiosk computer 90 requests the sequential content data identification code of the client pull instructions.
- Intermediate server 50 then goes back to step 5 to retrieve the content data correlated with the sequential content identification code. In this manner, intermediate server 50 proceeds through the predetermined sequence of content identification codes initially retrieved from run list storage device 65. a loop of requested content data is created and continued until interrupted by a user input or otherwise .
- the intermediate server 50 stores content data in local storage, such as local cache, and provides the stored data to subsequent URL requests from kiosk computers.
- intermediate server 50 can reduce the number of contacts made over the Internet 40 with content server 80, and can provide data to kiosk computer 90 with little delay.
- FIGURE 2 several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated.
- An intermediate server 150 is interfaced to intranet 140.
- Intranet 140 has limited access and is protected by a security system firewall 200 which prevents unauthorized access to intranet 140.
- Content server 180 and kiosk computers 190 and 191 are interfaced to intranet 140.
- An advertiser input 130 submits a run list to intermediate server 50, and an administrator input 135 creates kiosk groups and correlates the groups to an appropriate run list stored in run list local storage device 165. For instance, kiosk computer 193 and kiosk computer 194 are grouped in a kiosk group that receives content data specified by a first run list .
- Kiosk computer 191 and 192 belong to a kiosk group that receives content data according to a second run list.
- the control program on intermediate server 150 directs it to retrieve content data according to the first and second run list and send the content data to the first and second kiosk groups.
- FIGURE 2 also depicts intermediate server 50 as interfacing with Internet 40 and content server 80 as set forth in FIGURE 1.
- intermediate server 50 provides content data to a first kiosk group comprising a plurality of kiosk computers depicted herein as kiosk computer 93 and kiosk computer
- Intermediate sever 50 also provides content data to a second kiosk group according to a second run list, the second kiosk group comprising kiosk computer 91 and kiosk computer 92.
- Intermediate servers 50 and 150 provide content data to a plurality of kiosk computers in the same way that a Web page can be accessed by a plurality of computers.
- firewall 200 prevents kiosk computers outside the firewall from receiving content data from the intranet.
- intermediate server 150 can only service kiosks behind the firewall 200, such as kiosk 191; however, intermediate server 50 can service kiosks that reside on both sides of firewall 200 as long as kiosks behind firewall 200 have access to Internet 40.
- the present invention allows kiosk computers located in public places to receive and display content data stored on the Internet sites of selected businesses.
- the kiosk computer displays the content data in a sequential manner until a user makes an input into the kiosk computer. For instance, if a traveler passing through an airport sees a product of interest on a kiosk computer displaying the home page of ABC Company, the user can select a Web link to ABC Company to receive additional information about the product of interest.
- the user can navigate the Internet to related Web sites using the modified Web links.
- Each activation of a modified Web link points to the intermediate server, which retrieves the requested content data and modifies the data before passing the data to the kiosk computer.
- the kiosk computer After the user stops making inputs to the kiosk computer for a given time, the kiosk computer returns to the run list to display the sequential content data according to the run list of its kiosk group.
- a corporation can treat computers interfaced with its intranet as kiosks, and flash corporate news items. Essentially, the content data acts as a screen saver which the corporate user can deactivate to use his computer for other purposes.
- an Internet user could use the present invention as both a screen saver and a means of discovering new Internet sites.
- the present invention allows a business to effectively use a Web site to advertise goods and services and to provide a vast supply of information to potential customers without a significant capital investment.
- the advertiser can maintain complete control over the screen rendered on kiosk computers, and can thus update advertisements on a real time basis.
- the present invention can turn individual computers located in residences, businesses or behind corporate firewalls into kiosks by providing a screen saver service that both informs the public about information available on the Web and gets an advertiser's message out.
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